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\ IM-PROVED MACHINE FOR FASTENING LAGING-HOKS T0 GAITERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNE Be it known ,that I, LEWIS-S. WISWELI-of Utica', New York, have invented :t new and useful Machine foi` Fastening Lcing-Hooks .and the like to Gaiters and similar irork fand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, und exact description of my seid invention, and of the mode of operation of the same, reference being` had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in nhichv Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, i

Figure 3, n. perspectiveview ofl the slides and spring, Y

Figure 4, a. perspective View of the worp, arm,and hend-of'puuch', and

Figure 5 a. side view of hopper mid agitator.

A is the baise ofthe machine.

B, a. standard.

Bl B, arms extending therefrom.

C, lever.

C', friction-roller therein.

D, punch. i i

D1, recess inhead of punch for' holding hook.

E, standard for carrying.

F, the com-Wheel.

F1, treadle-rod.

l5"2 F3, pins for moving the slides.

G, avslide. I

Gl, frictionroller.

G?, tapering notch in side.

Gilpin to regulate movement of'G. i

G4, pin by which G is inoved'by IpinsjF2 and F3.

Gpin to move.

H, upper slide.v

H1-H1, notches in end of H.-

Hz, spring to control movements of H.

I is the hopper. l

11,'agitator.

I2, connecting-rod.

13, arm, ratchet, and pawl, for turning agitator.

1*, ratchet and spring-catch,tc yprevent: agitator from turning back.

K K,ways for conducting hooksfrom hopper.

L, arm for pushing'hook into recess in head ofpunch.

L', spring for retrccting arm.

Y The buse, A, has a. standard rising'fromiits centre, irhich forms the fulcrum or support ofthe lever C, which levershas a. frictiou1'roller, C,running on the'cam, while its othc'i` end presses down .the punch D.

The punch D is sustzinodby arms Bl und'B?, extending from the face. of thestandcrd B. Ithas in its lowerendiand on the back side, a 'recess and notch for taking i'n and holding the head of the hook while being pressed through the wcrlt and clinched. A side view of the recess is `seen ng. Al, and a. perspective view ofc section of the head of the punch through the recess is -se'e'n in fig. 4; This part'maly he formed separate, and attached to the head ofthe punch. 'lhe -punch is pressed 'down'by the lever C, when operated on by thecaur F, and is raised bythe spring DI.

The cam-wheel F is supported by the standard E rising from'the base, A. Itrhas a double cam, as seen-n iig. 1, and t'wo pins, F2 and F3, near its-lower'edge, for moving the slidcs,an d to itsA face is attached lthe treadlerod F1.

u .Under F, Aand passingfthroughthe lower end of the standard B, isthe slide G. 4It has a small frictionfroller in its front end,.g. A pin, g3,at its side, serves to oohtrolits motion', and the ping4 engagespwith the pins F2 or F3, by means oi' which forward and buck motion is given tothe slide. I

'V Lying on Gis another slide, H. It has a slot through it, through which the pin g5 passes. 'fire front end of the upper slide, when inA place, is` a. little behind G, as seen inv figs. 1 and 3. Attached to the frame is a spring, H2, which catches into a notch in the sideiof H'. This spring has a projection downwards, which rests ina tapering recess'in thc side ofG. By meansv ofthe pin, slot, and spring mentioned, the upper slide may be held in place while the lower slide is being drawn back suiiiciently far that the roller shall bend vthe points of the hook around thoendof the slide H; and when this has been donethc tapering notch in the side of G, operating on the projecting p'oin't ofthe spring, throws it o ut of the notch H,.and the` pin g5', taking hold of H, both slidesaredrawn baclrtogether, as hereinafter is more particularly mentioned. n

The hopper I has a slot across its lowest-point. i The edge on the side the hooks descend slopes downward, land at-tho back ofthe edge on the other ,side'is a flange, as seen in iig. 5. Two ways,` K and K', extend,vthe first one, K,.i`rorn the sloping edge of the slot, and the other, K', from the'other edge, each way being a continuation of said edges., The fr ont way, K', is a little higher than the other. The hook claspsK-, and slides down on it, while'the other scrvesito keep it on the way,`as is` seen in iig; 5. The flange on the edge of the slot describedserves-to prevent hooks from falling' out. if they do not catch on the way K. Just opposite the-points where the re'cess in the head ofthe punch is when the punch is at rest, the way K is cut-away a suiiicient space toV allow` the passage of the hook to the recess in the punch. Directly back of the hook, when in 4this position,

is an arm, L, which is pressed forward towards the punch by the pin F3, andis drawn back by the spring L.

The hopper has an agitator in its lower end, over the said slo't. It consists of a conical roller, with India'rubber,

hair, Aorthe lilrc, in strips projecting from its surface-,by which to turn' over such of the hooks as do not fall right in the waysfat first. This agitator is made to turn slowly by m-eansof the connectngrod I2, arm-ratchet and vpawl, I3, while onthe backend are another ratchet and springscatch,I to prevent it from turning-backwards.

The operation of the machi'ne will be readily understood from thedescription given. Hooks are thrown into the hopper, some of which, atleast, will find their way 'on to the ways, while the others will be unable to get out by reason -of their forni and theiiange at the edge, and will be thrown'fupl by the `agitator until they also fall-right. The agitation of the machine and their own gravity will cause'them to descend to the lower end. If now the work to.be operated on is held on the top of theslide H, and the` camwheel pressed slightly backwards, the arm L, forced forward by the pin F3, will force the hook from the, way3 th1ogl1 the'opening in the outer one, and into'the recess-inthe head of the punch D. It` now the operator willl press down the treadle, the punch will'comc down with such force .as to carry the point-s of the hooksthrough the leather, into the notches in H,- and between the rollerv andthe end of' G. By continuing the'pressurc on the treadlc, the pin F3, engaging with the pin G",will draw Gr back a short distance, theetl'ect of which is top bend th'e points of the hooks around the' end of H while in the notches therein. When this has beeneompleted,l theslide G has got so far that the 'tapering notch G2 has operated on the spring H2, and thrown itl o-ut of the notch' in H, when'both slides are drawn backtogether (H by means of the pin G5) suic'iently `Ato allow the punch'D to reach the base, when the segond'cam forces it down, and the hook is firmly clinched inthe work. 0n raising the foot from` thetrcadle, the cam will be drawn back by al spring or'weight, which will forcethc slides G'and H and the arm Ll forward, inserting another ,liook in thev head offthe'pun'ch to'be operated.`

Of course, the machine will `operate without Ythe hopper or ways, as the punch may'be fed by hand; and thereis a variety o f ways in which the various movements may bc given to the punch and slides.

I do not, therefore, wish to coniinc myself t'o the particular mode hereinfdes'cribed, for my'invcntion consists nUt'only in the arrangement of parts, but in feeding' automatically the hooks, and driving them through the leather, bending the points, and clinching them firmly. by a single simple motion'.

vinstead o making the head ofv the punch as described, it may be made with a recess for the hook in the head, as seen in fig. 6, at N,`with a strap, O, surrounding "the head, turning on a pin, Ol, and held in place by' thespring O2, with a cam, 03,011 its sidc,'oper`ated.by the spring-arm 0*, by means of which, in'raising the punch, the strap isturned down so as to discharge the hook. When thesprin'g 0'* has. passed the cani, the spring O presses the strapbac'k into-its place. A stop, 05,"or`r` the under side of the arm B2, will keep the strap in place While the hook is being 'pressed in. But I do not claim this form in this application.

, l C'lams. 1. The' slides G and H, constructed substantially as described'. 2, The punch D, with recess -for holding the hooks, constructed substantially as described, in combination with the said slides. 3. The arms L, pin F3, and spring L', constructed and operating in combination, substantially as described;

f1. The cam F, lever C, and punch D, in combination, substantially as described. 5. The agitator, .constructed and operating substantially as described. Y 6. The ways K K', constructed and operating substantially as described, in combination with the arms L.

f LEWIS s'. wIsWELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY GREEN, JorntG. Caocusn. 

